Rick Springfield live onstage and at Barnes & Noble Framingham

Monday

Jun 30, 2014 at 2:45 PMJun 30, 2014 at 3:19 PM

Rick Springfield, best known for his hit song "Jessie's Girl," will sign copies of his debut novel, "Magnificent Vibration," at 7 tonight at Barnes & Noble, Shoppers World, Framingham. The event is free.

Springfield's visit to Framingham comes just prior to his concert with Pat Benatar and Neil Girardo at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in Boston on July 1.

Variety magazine said of Springfield's writing effort: “This is not the prose of a rock star who decided totry his hand at novel writing, but of a novelist who just happens to be a rockstar.”

The novel was a May 2014 official pick of the Arizona Republic, which said, "Springfield’s outrageous, imaginative tale will appeal to fans of Douglas Adams. A strange one, but one with heart.”

Tickets are still available to Springfield's 7:30 p.m. Tuesday show in Boston with Pat Benatar at livenation.com